diskusbooks Chapter 350 The Key to the New Era
Chapter 350 The Key to the New Era
Late that night, academicians in the fields of information and life sciences at Longke Academy were suddenly summoned to a meeting.
It was late at night, and many of the academicians were exhausted and mentally drained.
Upon arrival, everyone immediately began to discuss and inquire why they had been summoned so late.
Unfortunately, for a time, no one knew the reason.
A moment later, Dean Hou of Longke Institute walked in.
Everyone looked at Dean Hou's back with strange expressions.
Because behind him stood several guards in military uniforms.
Each of the guards was holding a large stack of documents in their hands.
After Dean Hou entered, the room became quiet.
"Thank you all for coming so late at night, you must be tired."
Dean Hou first thanked everyone, and then said:
"However, I called everyone here today because there is something very important that I need you to confirm."
"This event could very well usher in a new era for our technology!"
A new era?
Everyone was secretly taken aback.
All eyes fell on the documents the guards were holding.
Dean Hou didn't continue selling tubes. Instead, he picked up a paper and said, "I think everyone has guessed it. These are what I was talking about earlier... This is the paper that our Academician Lin just submitted. He has just developed a gene chip with practical application value!"
"Gene chip?"
"A practical gene chip?"
Upon hearing this, there was an uproar at the scene.
Those present today are either academicians in the field of computer science or in the field of life sciences.
Naturally, I understand what gene chips mean.
If what Dean Hou said is true, then this is indeed a paper that could usher in a new era!
"I've already glanced at the contents of the paper. If it's genuine, it's incredibly valuable! And it also holds immense strategic significance for the country!"
"I have submitted the paper to the state, and the Elder Council personally instructed that our Longke Academy must immediately complete the verification work on this technology!"
"Please take a look first. I won't repeat the confidentiality requirements!"
Dean Hou explained the situation and then signaled the guards to distribute the papers.
Upon receiving the paper, the group of academicians immediately began to read it.
The room fell silent; the only sound was the rustling of people turning the pages of papers.
Dean Hou let them look at it for a while, and then continued to instruct: "After everyone has finished looking at it, start the verification immediately. The comrades in life sciences will be responsible for preparing the gene chip, and the others will be responsible for setting up the supporting operating equipment."
Before long, the academicians, having read the paper, quickly took action with great excitement.
The equipment at Longke Institute is naturally quite complete.
Lin Chen's paper was written in great detail.
It can almost be seen as a step-by-step instruction manual for making gene chips.
Let alone these academicians, basically any graduate student who has graduated with an undergraduate degree can complete the preparation work by following this paper.
After a hard-fought night, when the sun rose the next day...
The first gene chip has been successfully prepared.
Although Dean Hou told the academicians who were preparing the chips to go and rest, in the end no one listened.
With bloodshot eyes, everyone watched as the academicians in charge of the supporting equipment began conducting experiments with gene chips.
"Dean, these gene chips are very inexpensive!"
While waiting for the results, they also chatted with Dean Hou.
"Yes, not counting labor costs, our material costs were probably less than 50 yuan."
"Those kids, Lin Chen, are really amazing! Everyone was laughing at him when he came up with the gene-editing tool. I was also wondering why he suddenly got into genetic engineering after saying he was going to make chips. Turns out it was all for making gene chips!"
"Once this gene chip is made public, I'm afraid countless people's faces will be swollen!"
Everyone was chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere was joyful.
This atmosphere reached its climax after the performance test concluded.
According to the calculations, everyone discovered that the gene chip developed by Lin Chen far surpassed silicon-based chips in terms of computing power, anti-interference ability, and energy consumption.
In terms of computing power alone, this gene chip is at least 100,000 times more powerful than a 3nm chip.
In terms of storage capacity, it is hundreds of millions of times larger than that of ordinary chips.
However, the actual energy consumption during operation is less than one hundred millionth of that of silicon-based chips.
Let me give you a concrete example.
If this kind of gene chip were used to make a mobile phone, without replacing the battery or other hardware...
This gene chip can increase the standby time of current smartphones from about 70 hours to 70 days!
And the performance speed is even several times faster than before!
In addition, due to its excellent storage capabilities, this gene chip can completely replace current flash memory.
One gene chip is equivalent to hundreds of terabytes of hard drive space!
The thought of such chips being practically applied made the academicians present gasp in astonishment.
Dean Hou previously said that this chip might usher in a new era, and he was absolutely not exaggerating.
Looking at the final report in his hand, signed by all the academicians, Dean Hou sighed deeply.
Back then, when he heard Lin Chen say those words to the reporters at the conference, he thought the kid was just too excited and was spouting nonsense.
At first, he thought that the other person was young and it was normal for him to be impetuous.
Unexpectedly, this kid actually made a difference in the chip industry.
And it was such a groundbreaking and enormous achievement!
"Lin Chen...a pillar of the nation!"
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Not long after, the American journal Natural Sciences received another submission from Lin Chen.
Having learned from the previous experience, the journal proactively contacted the intelligence department after seeing the title of Lin Chen's submitted paper.
However, unlike their self-awareness, the US intelligence agencies showed little interest in Lin Chen's thesis this time.
Because of the previous paper, they thought that Lin Chen's current research direction was not actually on chips, but on gene research.
All they care about is the chips; even if Lin Chen wins a Nobel Prize in gene science, it's none of their concern.
It wasn't until the magazine told them the title of Lin Chen's paper that they found out.
Only then did the US intelligence agencies realize that they might have been tricked by Lin Chen.
So it turns out this kid's real goal was actually gene chips?!
"Oh my god! Gene chips? Is this guy writing a research paper? Isn't it science fiction?"
"It should be true! The editors in the natural sciences department have confirmed it. Except for not disclosing the preparation process, the rest of the paper is written in great detail!"
"They suspect that Lin Chen's previous paper on gene-editing tools was actually preparation for the development of gene chips! That tool must have been developed by Lin Chen during the process of gene chip development! We've all forgotten that in the field of chips, besides silicon-based chips, there's also the possibility of biochips!"
"What should we do? Should we get this paper published in the natural sciences?"
"What the hell! We can't let this paper be published! Once it's published, what's the point of our current rejection list for the Chinese?"
The Americans want to buy themselves some time before they come up with a solution to ban the publication of Lin Chen's papers in the natural sciences.
Unbeknownst to many, Lin Chen not only submitted his paper to the Natural Sciences section, but also published it directly on an academic website.
Compared to the natural sciences, academic papers on academic websites are often of mixed quality due to the lack of editorial review.
But Lin Chen's thesis was like a bomb dropped on calm water, causing a huge wave.